10. PhD PROGRAMME

(i) A candidate seeking admission to the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy must have obtained

ME/MTech/MPhil/MCA/MSc/MA/MBA/CA or equivalent

with minimum CGPA of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or 55%

marks in aggregate where marks are awarded or NET

(UGC/CSIR) qualified.

(ii) Candidates with BE/BTech degree or equivalent with

excellent academic record (minimum CGPA of 9.00 on 10

point scale or 80% marks in aggregate) may be considered

for admission.

Relaxation in CGPA to 7.00 on a 10-point scale or in marks

to 65% for the minimum eligibility conditions may be

permitted for candidates with a BE / BTech degree or

equivalent who have a minimum of 3 years of professional

and/or research experience in the area in which the

admission is sought. However, candidates admitted with

BE/BTech or equivalent qualification will be admitted for

PhD after successful completion of eight Masters level

courses as suggested by the PhD Admission Committee of

concerned Department/School, within a period of two

years from the date of admission. A minimum CGPA of 6.00

on a 10-point scale should be earned in the courses

prescribed by the concerned Department/School.

(iii) Part-time studies leading to PhD degree are permitted for

professionally employed personnel. Part-time studies

leading to PhD shall also be permitted to persons working

in Institutions with which a Memorandum of Understanding

has been signed for research purposes. Such a candidate

must be in employment at the time of admission and be

engaged in professional work in the area to which

admission is sought.

(iv) Admission of a PhD candidate in a department/ school

other than his/her basic background: Suitability of a

candidate is the purview of admission committee, if a

candidate qualifies the test and interview then he/she

should be allowed to pursue PhD Program. However, the

admission committee may recommend additional courses

for the candidate to clear. (v) Candidates shall be admitted on the basis of merit of

Entrance Test and Interview to be conducted by the

University. The candidates who secure minimum of 20%

marks in the written exam shall only be called for Interview.

During interview, a candidate is required to indicate area

of research.

Relaxation for appearing in the Entrance Test may be given

by the University to those candidates who have qualified

UGC/CSIR (JRF).

(VI) Every admitted candidate shall have to do course work for a minimum of one

semester. The course work shall include at least three courses, namely, a

course on research methodology (may include quantitative methods and

computer Applications) or a course proposed by the Admission Committee

(for those who have studied a similar course on Research Methodology at PG

level), a professional course (if not offered by any Department/ School, its

syllabus to be proposed by the allocated supervisor and approved by DoAA)

and a seminar (Relevant in the area of research). Minimum credits for the

course work shall be 11 including a seminar of 4 credits. The process of

registration in the course work, examination, evaluation and grading shall be

same as followed for UG/PG programmes.

Only those candidates who successfully complete the course work within one

year of admission and with a minimum CGPA of 6.00 on 10.00 point scale shall

be registered in the PhD programme.

Every candidate will be required to submit research proposal, duly

recommended by the Supervisor(s), after successful completion of the course

work ( December 31 shall be taken as date of completion of course work for

odd semester and June 30 shall be taken as date of completion for even

semester). The minimum time period to submit the research proposal shall be

one semester from the date of admission and maximum time allowed to

submit the research proposal shall be one year from the date of admission.

Research proposal will be submitted to the concerned Head of the

Department/School. In case of non-submission of proposal within one year,

DoRSP on the recommendations of the Supervisor and Head of the

Department/School may grant an extension for a maximum period of six

months.

If the candidate fails to submit the proposal even during the extended period

her/his admission will be cancelled. In case the proposal is rejected by the

URB, she may resubmit it within next six months starting the date of meeting

of URB failing which her/his admission will be cancelled

Notes:

(a) Part-time candidates are required to submit the “No Objection Certificate”

from their parent organization/department/employer stating that the

candidate is permitted to pursue studies on a part-time basis and that the

candidate’s official duties permit her/him to devote sufficient time for

course work and research. (b) In case of FN candidates, Research VISA endorsed to TU is required.

10.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

TU offers PhD programme in almost all specializations of Engineering, Technology,

Management and Sciences in the following Departments/Schools of the University

(currently around 589 PhD candidates are working for their PhD degrees in the

University).

DEPARTMENTS

Biotechnology Department

Agro-Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Bioremediation, Microbial Ecology, Food

Technology, Food process and Safety, Plant Microbe Interaction, Tissue culture,

Sustainable Agriculture, Bioinformatics, Areas of Animal Biotechnology & drug

discovery and Microbial Concrete.

Chemical Engineering Department

Modeling and Simulation, Catalysis, Environment Pollution, Polymers and Composities,

Mass Transfer, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Heat Transer, Nanofluids, Nanocomposites,

Pulp and Paper, Energy Management, Membrane Separation.

Civil Engineering Department

Structural Engineering, Geo-technical, Engineering, Transportation Engineering,

Construction Engineering and Management and Computer Aided Design, Water

Resource Engineering.

Computer Science & Engineering Department

Parallel and Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Network and Information

Security, Soft Computing, Wireless and Sensor Networks, Theoretical Computer

Science.

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering Department

Optimal Power System Operation ; Electric Drives; Application of FACTS; Power

Electronics ;Process Control & Instrumentation, Artificial Intelligence Applications ,

Biomedical Instrumentation, Embedded systems, Virtual Instrumentation, Control

System.

Electronics & Communication Engineering Department

RF Devices, Antennas and Micro-wave integrated circuits, solid State & thin films,

Digital Signal processing;VLSI, Wireless Communication, Optical Communication,

Opto Electronics.

Mechanical Engineering Department

Heat Transfer; IC Engines; Energy Conservation and Management; Bearings &

Lubrication; Computer Aided Analysis & Design; Industrial Engineering, Robotics and

Vehicle dynamics; Modellingof multibody systems; Fluid Mechanics, Technology

Management, Materials and Metallurgy, Production Engineering, Manufacturing

Engineering.

SCHOOLS

School of Physics & Materials Science

Solid State Physics; Materials Science; Nano Science; Liquid Crystal; Electroceramics

Smart Materials; Magnetic Material, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear Physics.

School of Behavioral Science and Business Studies

Industrial Management, Business Economics, Intellectual Property Rights, E-Business,

Finance, Organizational Behavior, Cognitive & Experimental Psychology

School of Mathematics & Computer Applications

Operations Research; Functional Analysis; Reliability; Fourier Analysis; Biomathematics;

Differential Equations; Algebra; Pattern Recognition; Soft computing; Theory of fuzzy

sets; Number Theory; Astrophysics; Grid Computing, Software Engineering

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Environmental

Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry/Inorganic Chemistry/ Nano Chemistry/ Nano –

Materials/ Bio-physical Chemistry.

L M Thapar School of Management

International Business; Innovation Systems; Economics; Information Systems; Strategic

Management; IPR; Supply chain management; Corporate Finance; Investment

Management

School of Energy and Environment

Environmental Technology & Management, Environmental Engineering, and

Bioremediation.

10.2 Number of Seats available for first semester of session 2014-15: Candidates are

advised to browse www.thapar.edu for updated information about any further

availability of seats for PhD.

Departments No. of Seats Specialization Biotechnology

02 Microbiology & Molecular Biology

02 Microbiology & Bioremediation

01 Plant Molecular Biology

01 Industrial Biotechnology

01 Food Biotechnology

Chemical Engineering

01 Heat transfer, Fluid flow, Nanofluids,

Energy management

01 Synthesis and application of

inorganic membranes for

wastewater treatment

01 Development of novel adsorbents

for pollution control

01(DRDO-JRF) Polymer Rheology and

Nanocomposites

01 Polymer Synthesis and

Nanocomposites

01(BRNS-

BARC-JRF)

Polymer

01 Advance oxidation processes

02(one DST-

JRF)

Carbon dioxide capture by

adsorption

01 Biosequestration of carbon dioxide

01 Catalysis

01 Modeling and Simulation

01 Waste water treatment

01 Heterogeneous reactions and

Catalysis

02 Waste water treatment by

Advanced photochemical

Oxidation, by Electro-oxidation/

electro-chemical method, by

polymeric adsorbent

01 Modelling & Simulation, Divided wall

distillation column (DWC), Biodiesel

production through reactive DWC,

Innovative dimethyl ether synthesis

in a reactive DWC, Extractive DWC

02 (i) Molecular Simulation Studies on

Reversible Hydrogen Storage by

Tailoring Nanostructure.

(ii) Thermodynamic Properties of

Fluids Confined at Nanoscale: A

Molecular Simulation Study

02 (Separation Processes) Separation

of azeotropic mixtures by using ionic

liquids, salts/ organic compounds,

Environmental Fluid mechanics

03 Separation/Reactive

Extraction/Liquid-liquid

Equilibrium/Heavy Metal Recovery

01 Development and Evaluation of

Infrared Activated Nanoparticles for

Cellular-Wide E-field mapping

01 Development and Evaluation of

Non-linear Optical Nanomaterial for

Bio-warfare Pathogen Detection

03 Waste water treatment by Electro-

oxidation/ electro-chemical

method, Development of polymeric

adsorbent, Waste water treatment

by Aerobic Sequential batch

Reactor, Environmental Fluid

Mechanics

01 Computational Fluid Dynamics

01 Perfume and Essentional oil

production and Characterization

(Experimental)

01 Environmental Fluid mechanics

Civil Engineering

2 Structural Materials

2 Structural health monitoring &

Rehabilitation.

2 Hydraulic Engineering and GIS

applications

Computer Science & Engineering

01 Software creation and

management, Information

systems, Security and privacy,

Human-centered computing,

Social and professional topics

01 Algorithms, Computational

complexity and cryptography,

Design and analysis of algorithms,

Information retrieval

01 Network protocols, Network

algorithms, Security and privacy,

Cryptography

01 Computer systems organization,

Architectures, Cloud Computing,

Software and its engineering

01 Network algorithms, Network

performance evaluation,

Algorithms for application domains,

Machine Learning

01 Network architectures, Network

protocols, Network components,

Data management systems,

Information retrieval

01 Software engineering, Contextual

software domains, Data

Management Systems, Information

retrieval, Machine Learning

01 Information systems, Natural

Language Processing, Machine

Learning

01 Networks, Design and analysis of

algorithms, Semantics and

reasoning

03 Software engineering, Models of

computation, Formal languages

and automata theory, Semantics

and reasoning

01 Software functional properties,

Software creation and

management, Data management

systems, Information retrieval

03 Computer systems organization,

Distributed computing

methodologies

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering

02 Protection of Machines

04 Image Processing

01 Power System Protection

01 Electrical Machines protection

01 Power Electronics

01 Power Generation Automation

01 Sustainable Sources of Energy

02 Biomedical Instrumentation

01 Artificial Intelligence

01 Power System

Electronics & Communication Engineering

01 Fiber Optical Communication

2 Wireless Communication, VLSI,

Signal Processing

2.5 Fractional Transforms and Signal

Processing

01 Wireless Communication

01 Signal Processing/ VLSI

01 VLSI Design

Mechanical Engineering

02 Advanced Manufacturing Process

01 Design Area

01 Advanced Manufacturing Process

01 FEM

01 Thermal/Fluid

01 Robotics

01 Dual Fuel Engine Technology (Broad

Area-Thermal)

01 Vehicle Dynamics/ Machine

Dynamics/ Process Dynamics

01 Microwave Material Processing

03 Micro/Nano Finishing using MRP

Fluids

03 Design 01; Materials & Tribology 02

01 Micro-machining/Advance

Machining

Schools School of Physics & Materials Science

01 Condensed Matter Physics

04 Nuclear Physics (Theoretical)

06 Condensed Matter Physics

(Experitmental)

02 Particle Physics

02 Materials Science

01 Thin Film Solar Cell

School of Behavioral Science & Business Studies

02 Industrial Management & Business

Economics, E-business

02 Finance & Accounts;

Financial Markets

02 Library & Information Science (LIS)

and Knowledge Management (KM)

School of Mathematics & Computer Applications

01 Cloud Computing/ Software Engg.

02 Operation Research / Numerical

Analysis

01 Differential Equations

01 Natural Language Processing

01 Multimedia Security

01 Optimization

01 Number Theory

02 Fourier Analysis, Fixed Pt. Theory

01 Numerical Analysis

02 Cryptography, Cellular Automata

02 Adhoc Network Sensor, Cloud

Computing

School of Chemistry & Biochemistry

01 Heterogeneous Catalysis

02 Nanomaterial Photocatalysis

02 Heterogeneous Catalyst - Biodiesel/

Transesterification

01 Organic Chemistry

02 Biophysical and Bioinorganic

Chemistry

02 Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

02 Synthetic Organic Chemistry and

Medicinal Chemistry

02 Organic and Supramolecular

Chemistry

LMT School of Management Nil

School of Energy and Environment

2 Environmental Technology &

Management

2 Bioremediation

2 Env. Engineering

The policy of UGC guidelines regarding reservation of seats for SC/ST and PH

candidates shall be followed.

10.3 The application form along with attested copies of certificates must be

submitted to the ‘Incharge Admission Cell” on or before the specified dates for

the odd semester and even semester. Incomplete application forms and those

received after the prescribed date will not be entertained under any

circumstances. No correspondence/enquiry from such candidates shall be

entertained.

No separate intimation will be sent regarding conduct of exam, Interview and

start of session. Application form must accompany:

(i) Attested copies of the certificates of the examinations passed.

(ii) One passport size photograph pasted on the application form in the

space provided for the purpose.

10.4 DURATION

The student shall submit his/her thesis to the Registrar within five years but not

earlier than 2.5 years in case of regular and 3.5 years in case of part time

student from the date of his/her admission.

10.5 TEACHING ASSOCIATESHIP

i Eligibility

The associateship may be granted to candidates out of those admitted to the

PhD (Regular) programme. Only those candidates will be considered who

have obtained minimum CGPA of 6.75 (10.00 point scale) or first division in their

qualifying examination. Teaching associateship is also available to full time

Ph.D students admitted to engineering department having B.E/ B.Tech

qualification under TEQIP

ii Number and Values of the Associateship

Teaching Associateship are allocated to each Department/School depending

upon their requirement. The numbers of Teaching Associateship vary from time

to time.

Emoluments for the Teaching Associateship will be 13,000/- (including

contingency) per month or as approved from time to time by the University.

Suitable accommodation may be provided, if available in the University on

rental basis.

iii Duration

The associateship will be tenable for one semester at the first instance from the

date of selection, to be renewed after every semester as per requirement of

the Deptt./School.

iv General Conditions

A scholar who has been selected for the award will be given 8-12 hours of

teaching load per week.

A scholar who has been selected for associateship shall not be eligible for any

other fellowship from the University or from any other source.

A scholar who has been selected for associateship shall be liable to pay tuition

fee and other dues as prescribed by the University from time to time.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

The online application form is available on www.thapar.edu. Fill the complete details

and then take the print out of the form. Paste a recent passport size photograph on it.

Please keep one copy of the printout of completely filled form as it will be required at

the time of document checking during counselling. You can pay the the required

amount online or attach DD (in favour of Thapar University and payable at Patiala)

and send it to “Incharge Admission Cell’ Thapar University, Patiala (Punjab)-147004.

Application fee:

Amount to be deposited with print out of

application forms taken from website.

Rs 1500

IMPORTANT DATES

PhD

Last date for receipt of completed

application forms. June 04, 2014 (for odd semester)

December 1, 2014, (for even semester) Date of Entrance test to be conducted by

TU

June 24 – 29, 2014 (for odd semester-

online test)

December 19-21, 2014

(for even semester-online test) Display of result of Entrance Test July 7, 2014 (for odd semester)

January 1, 2015, (for even semester)

Admission schedule:

PhD Admission schedule

Date of interview for PhD:

July 11, 2014(for odd semester) January 9, 2015(for even semester)

Admission notification and deposit of fee for PhD program:

July 21-25, 2014(for odd semester) January 5-9, 2015(for even semester)

Venue for Interview: in respective departments/schools (9.30AM onwards)

FOR ANY OTHER DETAILS INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, FEE ETC

CONTACT (08288008120, 08288008121 )

Email: admissions@thapar.edu

Website: www.thapar.edu

IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates are advised to regularly browse www.thapar.edu for

information/instructions regarding admissions. No separate letters shall be sent.

All applications must be sent to “Incharge Admission Cell’ Thapar University, Patiala

(Punjab)-147004.

Documents required at the time of counselling:

Candidates must bring with them following original certificates and a set of

attested copies of all the certificates at the dates specified hereunder for

various programmes.

Copy of the Application form

10+2 /diploma/graduation/post graduation DMC

Matriculation/Higher Secondary Certificate showing Date of Birth

Result Card of Entrance Exam

Admit Card of Entrance Exam

Character Certificate

Medical Fitness Certificate

Reserved Category Certificate on the prescribed proforma and signed from

the competent authority (if applicable)

Affidavit required in case of discontinuity of studies

Undertaking by candidates not having result of qualifying exam as per

prescribed format.

Migration Certificate

Income Certificate

Experience certificate & No objection certificate from employer. (For PhD

candidates)

Check list proforma

Commencement of session: July 21, 2014

HOW TO APPLY

1 Candidates seeking admission in TU shall fill up the online form available on our

website www.thapar.edu.Kindly fill the complete details and then take two print

outs of the form and paste a recent passport size colored photograph.

Application fee paid Online: Please send one of the printouts of form to the

Incharge Admission Cell. The hardcopy of application form alongwith required

documents should reach the University within 7 days after the last date of

submission of online applications.

.

Application fee paid through DD: Please send one of the printouts by attaching

the required amount of DD (in favour of Thapar University and payable at

Patiala).

Retain second copy of the printout of the form to be produced at the time of

document checking of original documents during counseling.

Important Note: A candidate cannot claim admission merely by filling the

application form and paying the application fee. If he/she fulfils the eligibility

criteria as per the prospectus, only then he/she shall be considered for admission

during counseling. So, candidates are advised to read eligibility and other

conditions before filling the form.

2 The original certificates and set of attested copies of the certificates are required

to be produced at the time of document checking.

3 Every candidate must indicate in his/her application the category of seat for

which he/she wants to apply. A copy of the certificate of the reserved category

(if applicable) shall be attached.

4 Application completed in all respects should reach the INCHARGE ADMISSION

CELL, THAPAR UNIVERSITY, PATIALA -147004, on or before the last prescribed date

of the respective programmes.

5 Incomplete application in any manner and received after the due date/time will

be rejected. The University does not take any responsibility for postal delay or loss

in transit of the application form, demand draft, withdrawal form or any other

communication in this regard.

6 The specimens of the format of the required certificates are available on our

website for the guidance of candidates. Each certificate must be submitted on

the prescribed format and must be issued by the competent authority as

mentioned, under proper seal/stamp of their office on a date prior to or on the

last date for submission of application form.

7 PENALTY FOR WRONG INFORMATION/SUPPRESSION OF INFORMATION.

If at any stage it is found that a candidate has concealed, suppressed or

distorted any informaton/fact,in the application form,his/her admission to the

University, if granted, shall stand cancelled. He/she will have no claim,

whatsoever, against the University.

8 The provisions of Prospectus 2014-15 may be changed by the competent

authority without any notice.

9 In case of any dispute, the decision of the Director, TU, Patiala shall be final and

binding on the candidates.

10 Candidates applying in more than one department/school are required to fill

separate application form for each department/school.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE ENTRANCE TEST

1 Entrance test shall be conducted ONLINE.

2 Candidates will be able to generate ‘Admit Card’ from April 16-June 17, 2014

provided their DD alongwith print out of application form reaches Thapar

University in time. The login id and password created by candidate at the time

of filling the application form shall be used to register for generation of Admit

card.

Note: The Admit card shall be issued provisionally to the candidate subject to

his/her satisfying the eligibility condition.

3 After registering, the candidate shall take out two print outs of ‘Admit Card”,

paste latest photograph on each and then come to the entrance test centre.

Alongwith admit cards, the candidate will also carry any one of the identity proof

(Original) with him/her like Passport/Voter I Card/ PAN Card/ Driving License.

One copy of the admit card shall be retained by the entrance test centre. The

candidate shall keep the other copy (duly acknowledged by the examiner at

test centre) to be shown at the time of document checking.

4 The entrance test shall contain objective type questions. Other details are as

under:

SNo Name of the programme Duration of

Entrance Test Number of questions in

the entrance test

1 PhD (for each

department/school)

1.5 hours 75

5 While registering for ONLINE entrance test on our website, the candidate shall

choose entrance test centre of his/her choice from the available list and any

one slot available in the test period given above i.e. (June 24 – 29, 2014). Once

slot is chosen, it cannot be changed thereafter.

6 Filling of valid mobile number is mandatory.

General Instructions:

1 In case of a tie among candidates securing equal marks in the merit list, the same

will be broken in accordance with the following criteria:

(a) Candidate senior in age shall rank higher in order of merit.

(b) In the case of a tie in age also, a candidate getting higher percentage of

marks in the qualifying examination shall be ranked higher in order of merit.

(c) In the case of a tie in percentage of marks in the qualifying examination also,

a candidate securing higher percentage of marks in

matriculation/secondary or equivalent examination shall rank higher in order

of merit.

2 Withdrawal of Seat / Refund of fee:

Candidate wishes to withdraw the seat, must submit the application to IN-

CHARGE, ADMISSION CELL, Thapar University. The fee will be refunded after

adjusting all the outstanding dues, if any. The candidates are advised to mention

their Account Number and IFSC code of the bank for the prompt refund.

Date of Receipt of Application Amount to be refunded

(i) One day before the final

counseling or before the start of

the session

: After deducting Rs. 1000/- of the total

fee deposited.

(ii) From the date of final counselling

and up to September 30, 2014 : 50% Tuition Fee + 50% Development

Fee + University Security and Alumni

Fee + 50% of all Hostel dues (if

applicable)

(iii) After September 30,2014 : University Security + Alumni Fee

3 No separate letters for counseling/document checking/deposit of fee shall be

issued for any programme.

4 Admitted candidates will have to submit the migration certificate from the

earlier University/Board within a month of their admission.

5 Electronic gadgets such as Mobile Phones, Pagers, etc. are not permitted in

the Examination Centre.

6 The statements made in this Prospectus and all other information, contained

herein are believed to be correct at the time of publication. However, the

University reserves the right to make at any time, without notice, changes in

and/or additions to the regulations of University and conditions governing the

conduct of students, requirements for degree, fee and any other information,

or statements contained in this Prospectus either on its own or under any rules

or regulations imposed by UGC/MHRD. No responsibility will be accepted by

the University for hardship or expense encountered by its students or any other

person for such changes, additions, omissions or errors, no matter how they are

caused.

7 All disputes will be subject to jurisdiction of the Courts at Patiala only. The person

in whose name the University can sue or be sued shall be the Registrar, Thapar

University, Patiala.

8 The students of all the regular programmes are not allowed to join any job till

they complete all the requirements for the award of degree. Only part-time

students are allowed to join job.

9 In case,

a selected candidate submits false information about fee, eligibility, rank of

entrance test

or

a candidate who is not offered any seat but deposits the full fee

then seat allotted to him/her shall stand cancelled.

10 Candidates must be medically fit and must bring along with them a medical

fitness certificate signed by a Gazetted Medical Officer at the time of

admission on the prescribed proforma as per Annexure-IV.

11 MODES OF PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE AND OTHER DUES:

11.1 APPLICATION FEE : In the form of DD or through Online payment.

11.2 TOTAL FEE:

i) Receipts in any Axis Bank/Kotak Mahindra Bank account-to-account

transfer): It is available in all the branches of Axis Bank/Kotak

Mahindra Bank. A sample payment pay-in-slip is enclosed at

Annexure-IX. The system generates Journal Number which is to be

used for linking the payment. The students are instructed to get the

6-10 digit journal number from the branch where they have made

the payment and feed the same in the web site where the details

are captured along with date of payment. The deposit of amount in

the below mentioned account of the University will not give any right

to the depositor for jurisdiction of the station where it has been

deposited in any manner what so ever it may be.

For depositing money through AXIS/KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK, a

candidate can deposit money in favour of the following account:

AXIS Bank KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD

910010028666757 02630020000237

ii) In the form of Demand Draft (DD), the DD of requisite amount

should be made in favour of Thapar University, Patiala and payable

at Patiala. The DD must reach the University on or before the

prescribed date otherwise the candidature shall be cancelled.

iii) Candidates depositing total fee through AXIS/KOTAK MAHINDRA

BANK must enter complete details in ‘Fee Confirmation Slip’ (FCS)

available at www.thapar.edu on or before the respective last

prescribed date. In case, a candidate fails to enter the details, his/her

candidature will not be processed further.

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING PhD ENTRANCE TEST

Duration of test: 90 minutes (75 Questions) 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Syllabus for the Ph.D entrance examination

1. English & General Studies Interpersonal skills including communication skills, anonyms/synonyms,

sentence completion, active/passive voice, prepositions, direct/indirect

speech, idioms & phrases. General issues on environmental ecology,

biodiversity and climate change (not requiring subject specialization).

Economic and social development – multilateral trade agreement,

sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector

initiatives, etc. Indian polity and governance – constitution, political system,

public policy, rights issues, etc. Indian and world geography – physical, social,

economic geography of India and the world. History of India and Indian

national movement. Nobel prize winners, inventions & discoveries, awards &

recognitions 2. Quantitative Reasoning Ratios and proportion, percentages, profit & loss, averages, partnership; time-

speed- distance, work and time; number system, factors, multiples; pipes and

cisterns, simple interest & compound interest, installment payments; clocks,

calendar; in-equations, quadratic and linear equations, functions, logarithm

geometry, mensuration and solid geometry, geometry (lines, angles, triangles,

spheres, rectangles, cube, cone etc), co- ordinate geometry. Set theory, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability and theory

random variables (single variable case only), probability distribution (binomial,

poisson and normal), correlation & regression; permutation & combinations; maxima

& minima progression; complex numbers; data Interpretation based on text, graphs

(column graphs, bar graphs, line charts, Pie charts, graphs representing area) and

tables. 3. Analytical Reasoning & Mental Ability Critical reasoning, visual reasoning, assumption-premise-conclusion, assertion and

reasons; statements and assumptions, identifying valid inferences, identifying strong

arguments and weak arguments, statements and conclusions; cause and effect,

identifying probably true, probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind

of statement; linear arrangements, matrix arrangements, puzzles, family tree

problem, symbol based problems; coding and decoding, sequencing, identifying

next number in series, etc; tables. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations,

orders of magnitude, etc.)